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Title
Fr. Ryan at the Japanese Mission at Dalian, China, 1937
Creator
Bro. Peter
Date Created and/or Issued
1937-10
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Rights Information
Maryknoll Mission Archives
Maryknoll Mission Archives, P.O. Box 305, Maryknoll, N.Y. 10545-0305; http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/
archives@maryknoll.org ; http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/?page_id=1669
http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/?page_id=17
http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/?page_id=1917 ; Maryknoll Mission Archives.
Description
This is a photograph of a Fr. Ryan and one of his new Christians at the Japanese Mission in Dalian. Fr. Ryan is dressed traditionally in a cassock and the gentleman next to him wears a suit and tie, with wing tip shoes.
Born in Massachusetts, Fr. Ryan took his First Oath in September of 1930 and was ordained to the priesthood on June 17, 1934. He was assigned to Fushun, Manchuria in 1934. At the outbreak of World War II he was interned by the Japanese and repatriated to the United States on the S.S. Gripsholm. For the duration of the war he served as a chaplain at the Japanese internment camps in Watson, Arkansas. He returned to Japan as pastor of various churches on the northern island of Hokkaido.
Type
image
Format
Photographic prints 16.5 x 12.2 cm.
Identifier
impa-m5110 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-MKL-China-011-10-0008
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m5110
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-MKL-China-011-10-0008.jpg
Subject
Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America
Clergy
Missionary work
General views
Time Period
1937-10
Place
China
Dairen
Source
MKL/China/011/010/0008 [File]
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Maryknoll Mission Archives
Photographs of the Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America, Maryknoll, New York, 1912-1945
impa-m338

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